Winter Leagues: Starling Marte Hits His First Home Run of the Winter

In the Dominican, Starling Marte hit his first home run of the winter. It was a step in the right direction for him through his first eight games. After a 1-for-4, two strikeout night, Marte is now 4-for-32 with one walk and 11 strikeouts. His hits so far are a single, double, triple and a homer.

Here's the home run by Marte. He hit it off of Marcus Walden, who has three years of Triple-A experience, and one brief call-up to the majors in April 2014, in which he didn't get to pitch.

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